Improvement in washing-iviachines



J. BARNES. improvement in, Washing-Machines.

Patented S e p. 24 1872.

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Nrrnn Srarns JOHN BARNES, OF SPARTANBURG, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELFAND J W. LOOKE, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHlNG-MACHlNES.

. Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,592, datedSeptember 24, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BARNES, of Spartanburg, in the county ofRandolph and State of Indiana, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Washing-lVIachines, of which the following is aspecification:

Figure 1 is a detail vertical longitudinal section of my improvedmachine ta ken through the line :10 m, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a detailhorizontal section of the same taken through the line y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved washing-machine,simple in construction, convenient in use, and effective in operation,washing the clothes quickly and thoroughly, and with a comparativelysmall outlay of labor; and it consists in the construction andcombination of various parts of the machine, as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

A is the box or" the machine, which is made rectangular in form and ofany convenient size, according to the amount of clothes required to bewashed at a time. The box A is supported upon legs B, of such a lengthas to raise the machine to a'convenient height. The working-chamber ofthe machine is made into a circular form by bars or rounds G, placed inthe corners and arranged in a curve across one end of the machine, thusforming, also, a chamber into which the water may flow. The upper endsof the bars O forming the curved line arese-cured to the curved edge ofa board, I), that covers the said water-chamber, and upon which reststhe forward or free end of the cover E, which is pivoted or hinged atits other end to the box A. To the bottom of the box A are attachedradial ribs F over which the clothes are rubbed to be washed. G is awheel, a little less in diameter than the washing-chamber. To the lowerside of the wheel or disk G are attached a number ofdownwardly-projecting pins, H, which take hold of the clothes and carrythem over theribbed bottom of the box A. In the center of the wheel G isformed a square hole to receive the squared lower part of the verticalshaft I, so that the said shaft may carry the said wheel with it in itsrevolution, and at the same time the said wheel may move up and downupon the said shaft to adjust itself to the thickness of clothes beingoperated upon. The wheel G is kept from dropping off the shaft I by twolong staples, J, attached to the said wheel Gr, upon the opposite sidesof the said shalt l, and through the bends of which passes a pin, K,attached to the said shaft I. The shaft I passes up through the lid orcover, E, and its upper end revolves in a bearing formed upon orattached to the upper end of the inner bracket L. L are two bracketsattached to the cover E atone side of the shaft I, parallel with eachother and at such a distance apart as to receire the vertical bevelgearwheel M s between them. The gear-wheel M is pivoted to the upper ends ofthe brackets L, and to it is attached a lever, N, by which it isoperated. The teeth of the wheel M mesh into the teeth of the bevelgear-wheel 0, attached to the shaft I. By this construction, by movingthe lever N back and forth the wheel G will be revolved first in onedirection and then in the other, sweeping the clothes through the box Aand rubbing them upon the ribbed bottom of said box, the clothes beingheld down upon said bottom by the weight of the said wheel Gr.

Having thus described my invention, Icl'aiin as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The rounds 0, board D, cover E, ribs F, pinwheel GrH,'a-nd drive-sharia I, constructed and arranged in box A, as and forthe purpose described.

- JOHN BARUES.

Witnesses: Tnos. HOUGH, F. G. MORGAN.

